Pashan is one of the few west Pune nodes where the building you are furnishing might be forty years old or four. Older societies and bungalow plots around Pashan Lake and the NCL–Baner belt sit alongside recent towers, and the two demand almost opposite approaches.
If you are buying or renovating in Pashan, the first question is not style. It is the age and condition of what you are working with.
If your Pashan home is an older flat or bungalow
The good news is space. Older Pashan homes frequently have generous room sizes, thick walls, deep balconies and mature tree cover outside — qualities that new construction rarely matches. The work is in bringing the services up to date.
What we check first on an older Pashan property:
- Electrical load and wiring. Wiring from the eighties or nineties was never designed for today's appliance load. Rewiring with a modern distribution board, adequate earthing and correctly rated circuits is not optional in a full renovation, and it should be budgeted as a real line item, not as a small extra.
- Plumbing lines. Old galvanised iron lines corrode internally. If you are opening bathroom walls at all, replace the lines while they are exposed. Doing it later means breaking a finished bathroom.
- Damp on shared and external walls. Older buildings with ageing terrace waterproofing show damp on top-floor and external walls. Never fix joinery to a damp wall — treat the source first, and allow drying time in the schedule.
- Slab and beam condition. Before removing or altering any wall, get the structure assessed. In an older Pashan building, a wall you assume is a partition may not be.
- Termite history. Common in older Pune stock with tree cover nearby. Treat at the carcass stage.
The layout opportunity older homes offer
Because these homes were planned before compact-efficiency became the norm, they often contain a redundant passage, an oversized lobby or a small third room that no longer earns its space. In a new tower you optimise around a fixed plan. In an older Pashan home you can genuinely re-plan — merging a passage into a dining, converting a servant room into a utility and pantry, or opening a kitchen partially into the living space.
This is where structural competence matters. Any wall removal needs a proper assessment and, where required, a designed support. It is also the single biggest difference an interior can make in an older home.
If your Pashan home is in a newer tower
Then the priorities look like any recent Pune handover: verify the builder's snag list is closed before starting, allow for construction moisture in new plaster, plan joinery to fit the service lift, and design storage vertically. The cost bands are the standard Pune ones rather than the renovation ones below.
Designing for Pashan's green setting
Pashan's tree cover and lake proximity are its best feature and a design input. Two practical consequences: rooms facing mature trees get soft, filtered light that suits warm neutrals, natural veneer and matte finishes far better than high gloss. And windows facing greenery collect more dust and insects, so good mesh, sealed frames and easily cleanable window treatments earn their place.
Interior cost bands in Pashan, 2026
Renovation of an older property costs more per square foot than furnishing a new flat, because you are paying to undo before you build.
- New tower flat, 2 BHK: ₹9 L to ₹15 L.
- New tower flat, 3 BHK: ₹15 L to ₹26 L.
- Older flat, full renovation: ₹2,200 to ₹3,500 per sq ft carpet, including civil, electrical and plumbing rework — commonly ₹18 L to ₹35 L for a 3 BHK.
- Bungalow or independent house: from ₹35 L, driven by the extent of structural and services work rather than by area.
Budget for what you cannot see yet
On any renovation of a property more than twenty years old, keep 12 to 15% in reserve. Something behind a wall will be different from what the drawing assumed — that is normal, and a well-run project absorbs it without a dispute, provided it was budgeted and the change-order process was agreed in writing at the start.
Our studio combines interior curation with in-house structural and civil capability, which is what makes older-property renovation manageable rather than open-ended. Read more about how we work, see delivered projects on our projects page, or book a free consultation for a site assessment of your Pashan home.
